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Balichara Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Balichara is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Balichara village has population of 437 of which 209 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balichara village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 10.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balichara village is 1091 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balichara as per census is 760, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balichara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balichara village was 70.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balichara Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 66.99 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Balichara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Balichara village.

Balichara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 437 209 228
Child (0-6) 44 25 19
Schedule Caste 161 71 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.74 % 75.00 % 66.99 %
Total Workers 175 124 51
Main Worker 166 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Balichara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.84 % of total population in Balichara village. The village Balichara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balichara village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 94.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.